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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Definitely not. Asian universities select SOLELY on test scores. Some European and Canadians select on a mix of test scores and grades.

The US is the epitome of a system that takes into account a host of soft skills that are difficult to quantify, such as quality of essays, extra-curricular achievements, particularly in sports, and legacy and development status.

It's absolutely normal (you'd think, right, OP?), that educational institutions pick candidates based on grades and tests scores. But the US puts significantly less emphasis on them than other countries.[/quote]

South Korea uses test and grades. They recently adopted some US style (subjective selection based on stuff), and it's producing all sorts of BS as expected.  Rich and powerful people take advantage of it.

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That makes no sense for South Korea. People need to understand we have our college entrance system out of circumstance: we don’t have a unified education system nor a standardized exam that filters out only the top 0.1% like Korea does, and we never will. [/quote]

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